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Richard Gallagher

@richardgallagher.bsky.social
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Sinn Féin. PhD from Queens University Belfast. Book: Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Donegal. Email: drrichiegallagher@gmail.com

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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 16h
We are not going back!
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 18h
You wouldn’t know it from the headline, but Sinn Féin still lead the poll.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 20h
No AI needed #Garvaghy
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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is brilliant from Justine McCarthy. “You can wait too long.”
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Sinn Féin @sinn-fein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sinn Féin demands €78m extra for arts and culture in Budget 2027 – Ó Snodaigh "Ambition for Irish culture is desperately needed from Government. Sinn Féin will continue to set out ways to support the artists of today and of the future to build their lives here." sinnfein.ie/news/sinn-fe...
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Sinn Féin demands €78m extra for arts and culture in Budget 2027 – Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin spokesperson for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht, Arts and Culture, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, has called for an additional €78 million for the arts and culture sector in Budget 2027. The Dublin South Central...
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great to see this!!
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just curious. Are there any photos of Finn Azaz bowing his head or wearing a black arm band?
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Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this beggars belief
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Racism in sport goes unchallenged in 2026 because the “correct protocols weren’t followed during the match”. This cannot be true, can it? Also, there were around 200 Israeli fans in the arena. Surely it shouldn’t be too hard to find out who was doing it?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Something very depressing about hearing ‘Drumcree’ at the top of morning news Reminds me of my teenage years when it seemed to be a constant. Now feels like unionism banging the drum - geddit? - while the whole world has changed around them
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is absolutely shocking to read this morning. PAC was an absolute phenomenon. One of the very best. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as 'Pac', dies aged 40
His death was confirmed just a day after he participated in an AEW match in Chicago.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kelleher was clearly man of the match there. Best Irish player by a mile.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Desperately sad. RIP Pól.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Starting a game with 5 Centre Backs isn’t ideal. Need to be blooding new full back/wing backs. If not that, (whisper it) play Doherty and Manning.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bonnie Greer speaking on Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement on Question Time in 2019. RIP Bonnie.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very classy from Irish musician Aaron Rowe! 👏
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The face of Trumpian authoritarianism, intimidation and violence.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kraft was in the Epstein files btw.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he made a “Free Palestine” speech on stage earlier this month
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Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran's Tour After 'Free Palestine' Speech
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Derry’s Trent Kone Doherty scores a hattrick for Norwegian top flight football team Molde. Another example of what people have been telling young Irish attacking players for years. Avoid the quagmire of the English lower leagues and you’ll flourish.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Serenading an imperial tyrant responsible for genocide with the Fields of Athenry above all songs should require investigation.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If an Irish newspaper doesn’t run a “Senior Orangeman Calls For A United Ireland” headline, then the newspapers are dead.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Trump is greeted with tens of thousands of protesters in Ireland, he was mocked by the Houthis after he claimed he spoke with them, Iran received the red carpet treatment in New Delhi, and a swing state GOP senate candidate has a Nazi problem. All this and more in today's update:
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Saturday Updates: Trump Gets Booed in Dublin While Iran Gets the Red Carpet in New Delhi – 9/12/26
Your quick Saturday rundown.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Donald Trump not welcome in Ireland!
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The amount of bots amplifying comments about Trump on Facebook tonight is really quite something. No quantitative research now necessary to ascertain that our politics is significantly corrupted by foreign influence.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Take a stand against Genocide, War, Corruption and Authoritarianism. Join us in Dublin on Saturday.
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Russ Fischer @russfischer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I know directors who use subtlety and they're all cowards
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 05/09/2026
POLL: Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks (Sept 7, MoE 2.8%) Sinn Féin 21 (+1 in six weeks) Fine Gael 19 (-1) Fianna Fáil 17 (+1) Social Democrats 10 (-2) Aontú 8 (+1) Ind Ireland 7 Labour 3 Greens 3 PBP-Solidarity 2 Inds/others 12
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Sinn Féin take top spot in latest poll with support for Aontú at record high
Poll results come just days out from annual party think-ins
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Troy Parrott just scored against Real Madrid.
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Homer Simpson: All Right, Stay Calm
ALT: Homer Simpson: All Right, Stay Calm
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Given Everton’s terrible transfer business and the fact that free agents can still sign for clubs, surely it’s only a matter of time before Seamus Coleman is linked with a move back to the club?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/09/2026
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92 ft.trib.al/R22ZI6G
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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
Journalist and activist spent a lifetime advocating for women’s rights
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Massive congrat to Paul Boggs! Paul will be a fanatstic MLA for West Tyrone. Congrats also to Maoliosa McHugh on his retirement after 15 years of public service. All the best for the future! www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Strabane councillor to be co-opted as Sinn Féin MLA in West Tyrone
Move comes after it was announced that Maolíosa McHugh is stepping down from his role in Stormont
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Rocket Ronnie or Nosferatu?
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...
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AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton
Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Troy Parrott finally signs for Real Betis. That is a superb move for him. Playing in the Champions League too. Delighted for him.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mike Nesbitt has resigned as Health Minister 😮
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The cosmic ballet goes on.
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 10/08/2026
An official response to a parliamentary question has now revealed that the image cost the public a total of €36,757.33, inclusive of Vat www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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Ireland's logo for the EU presidency cost €37,000
Ireland’s logo for the EU presidency has cost taxpayers close to €37,000.
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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It remains genuinely hilarious that people think this quote is WB Yeats. This is on the wall in Kilkenny Design in Dublin, by the way. Bit of a lurch in tone from "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
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paddydeadman @paddypadman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Good! Cruel live exports need to end. Irish Ferries next www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Brittany Ferries to cease live animal exports
Brittany Ferries will cease live animal exports to France from next month, a decision that has raised concern with the Irish Farmers Association.
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Sinn Féin @sinn-fein.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
RSA spending on PR has ballooned by 132% – Pa Daly TD “These are eye-watering sums in and of themselves. However, they become even more alarming when considered in the context of the rapid rise in road deaths in Ireland over the same period." sinnfein.ie/news/rsa-spe...
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RSA spending on PR has ballooned by 132% - Pa Daly TD - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Transport, Pa Daly TD, has expressed serious concern at the rapid rise in expenditure on spin and PR over the last five years.  Teachta Daly highlighted the fact that during ...
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Quelle surprise. www.joe.ie/news/social-...
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JOE.ie - Social media amplifying anti-Muslim hatred in Ireland, report finds
Almost 90% of conversation on X regarding anti-Muslim hate incidents here originated outside Ireland.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 05/08/2026
Almost 6,000 people have contacted the Health Service Executive already this year seeking help in finding a GP
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Nearly 6,000 contact HSE for help finding a GP this year
Almost 6,000 people have contacted the Health Service Executive already this year seeking help in finding a GP.
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Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Troy Parrott going to West Ham for €30m is apparently imminent. That’s a terrible move.
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British Cop Screaming Sad
ALT: British Cop Screaming Sad
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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Mary Ann McCracken’s statue flanking the stage of this beautiful celebration of Irish culture. Makes me feel we are capturing some of that 1790s spirit. Wish she could have seen it in her lifetime. #fleadh #fleadhcheoil #fleadhBelfast #fleadh2026 #belfast
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
For those unfamiliar, this is what's being covered by this act of self-serving fuckery by the McAlister family
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Sinn Féin @sinn-fein.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Mary Lou McDonald expresses deep shock and sadness at death of Glen Hansard "Glen Hansard was a sublime talent and one of Ireland’s most significant singer-songwriters. He has left an indelible mark on the Irish musical landscape." sinnfein.ie/news/mary-lo...
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Mary Lou McDonald expresses deep shock and sadness at death of Glen Hansard - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has expressed her deep shock and sadness at the death of Glen Hansard. Describing Glen Hansard as a “sublime talent and one of Ireland’s most significant musicians”,...
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